Swans on Tea

I’ve made only a few few political posts, and most of those that touched on the upcoming elections have either been tongue-in-cheek or nonpartisan. But (to quote Tom Lehrer) I will digress, momentarily, from the mainstream of this evening’s symposium.
I can’t vote for the McCain-Palin ticket. If you don’t care why this is, [...]

Oh, oh, Domino
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Atomic flippers seek tiny ball for pinball fun
Two “flippers” made from pairs of platinum atoms are made to move back and forth by firing electrons at them. All that is missing is the ball, says Harold Zandvliet at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
Despite the light-hearted description of work, the team says its device [...]